Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.
Chron"ic*al (?), a. Chronic.
Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method.
J. A. Alexander.
Chron"i*cle (?), n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. &?;, neut. pl. of &?;. See Chronic.] 1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.